It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.

— Aristotle

Wonder is the basis of worship.

— Carlyle, Thomas

The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.

— Chesterton, Gilbert K.

Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.

— Emerson, Ralph Waldo

He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.

— Escher, M. C.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

— Heschel, Abraham J.

All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance.

— Johnson, Samuel

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

— Morgan, Charles

No wonder lasts over three days.

— Proverb

Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him...

— Sophocles

Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience.

— South, Bishop Robert